Daniel Whedon 12. Build the old waste places The beautiful figures used here are unsurpassable. The prose of it is, Thy children or posterity shall inherit your renewed character, and build up Zion in the far future, and in and through them, thyself shall be called the repairer of the breach, so fearfully made in the spiritual Zion. The restorer of paths That is, the old paths. Jeremiah 6:16. To dwell in The figure relates, most likely, to the demoralized Jerusalem which, on the return from... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:12
12. Build the old waste places The beautiful figures used here are unsurpassable. The prose of it is, Thy children or posterity shall inherit your renewed character, and build up Zion in the far future, and in and through them, thyself shall be called the repairer of the breach, so fearfully made in the spiritual Zion. The restorer of paths That is, the old paths. Jeremiah 6:16. To dwell in The figure relates, most likely, to the demoralized Jerusalem which, on the return from... read more